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WASHINGTON AP 鈥?The White House held a press briefing on Tuesday as President Joe Biden聽proposed new taxes on the rich to
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PERTH, Australia AP 鈥?Volunteers worked frantically on a second day Wednesday to save dozens of pilot whales that have stranded themselves on a beach in Western Australia, but more than 50 have already died.Nearly 100 long-finned pilot whales, stranded themselves Tuesday on the beach by the city of Albany, on the southern tip of Western Australia, south of Perth.READ MORE: Vanishing whales decline appears worse t
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stanley cup sayThey were first spotted swimming Tuesday morning near Cheynes Beach east of Albany. As the day progressed, the pod began moving closer to the beach, sparking the concern of conservation officers. By 4 p.m., a large stretch of the shoreline was covered in beached whales.Reece Whitby, Western Australia environment minister, said it was particularly frustrating because it not known why the phenomenon occurs.What we ;re seeing is utterly heartbreaking and distre
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